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RBS 6 Nations
Wales Fixtures
Saturday 12th Feb – Wales vs Scotland – 15.00
Saturday 25th Feb – England vs Wales – 16.00
Saturay 10th Mar – Wales vs Italy – 14.30
Saturday 17th Mar – Wales vs France – 14.45
Official RBS 6 Nations website – click here
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North Wales Appeal for missing 32 year old man from Mold
Michael Murphy aged 32 from the Mold area has been reported missing since Wednesday 4th of January 2012.
He arrived at work at Convatec in Deeside and clocked on for work at 6am, he had a cup of tea and then left work unannounced.
His car was found at 13.20 on the same day on the Flintshire bridge.(the bridge connecting Deeside industrial est…ate and Connahs Quay.) Although earlier sightings of the car have now been recorded.
His description is as follows:
five foot 10,
medium build,
fair hair,
blue eyes and a cheeky smile.
He was wearing:
Dark Grey flatcap,
long grey dark duffle coat,
blue jeans and
white addidas trainers with three black stripes on side.
Please contact the police on 101 or administrators on the Facebook group if you know any thing. It may seem like something small but can sometimes help the police in their investigations. Please pass this group onto as many people as you can and please ask everyone you know. Someone may have seen a man fitting his description in the area.
*Media Enquiries please contact Annette Thomas 0775 475 6069
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This is an appeal from Michael’s mother
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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is advising householders to protect their plumbing from freezing conditions as wintery weather is predicted to continue in the days ahead and also warning people who visit reservoirs – don’t risk your life on reservoir ice.
To householders, Welsh Water’s operations director Peter Perry said, “Every time temperatures fall to freezing we get calls from customers who say they have no water due to frozen and burst pipes. We are unable to help out when this problem is on private plumbing systems, so we are urging people to act now and save themselves from frozen pipe misery.
There’s plenty of information on what is needed, as well as an explanatory film, on Welsh Water’s website at www.dwrcymru.com .”
The main tips that the company is offering to customers are:
- Insulate exposed and external water pipes with pipe lagging material, including garden taps.
- Make sure you know where your stoptap is located. It’s often under the kitchen sink. Check it’s working and that you can turn it off in an emergency. If any taps in the house are leaking, get them repaired. Dripping taps can more easily freeze.
- You can also insulate your water tank in the loft and any exposed pipes. Even if you have to call a professional in to do the insulation, it could still be a lot cheaper than clearing up after a pipe bursts.
“Please remember, wrapping up and keeping warm during cold weather doesn’t just apply to people, it’s what your house needs, too,” Mr Perry added.
And Welsh Water is also warning people who visit reservoirs about the dangers of venturing onto ice covering the water which could prove fatal. The company is urging the public to keep away from frozen reservoirs.
Peter Perry continued, “We want the public to enjoy recreation opportunities on land surrounding our reservoirs at all times of the year, but we must also remind people of the serious danger of stepping onto frozen surfaces. The ice may look tempting, but you could easily fall through into the freezing water below.
“Not only is the very low water temperature extremely dangerous to anyone who falls in due to hypothermia, it also makes rescue very difficult. Most of our reservoirs are in remote locations, and summoning help would be difficult. They are also very deep with depths of up to 80 metres. There may be no mobile ‘phone signal, preventing others from calling for assistance, and even if they could the emergency services would have to travel significant distances. So our message to people: is don’t risk your life on reservoir ice.”
Click here to go to Welsh Water’s website for more information on preparing for winter weather, as well as an explanatory film on insulating water pipes.
Mae Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water yn cyhoeddi gwybodaeth am dywydd rhewllyd i ddeiliaid cartrefi a hefyd rhybudd i bobl sy’n ymweld â chronfeydd dŵr
Mae Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water yn cynghori deiliaid cartrefi i ddiogelu’u plymwaith rhag amgylchiadau tywydd rhewllyd gan fod darogan y bydd y tywydd gaeafol yn parhau yn y dyddiau i ddod, ac maent hefyd yn rhybuddio pobl sy’n ymweld â chronfeydd dŵr – peidiwch â pheryglu’ch bywyd ar rew cronfeydd dŵr.
I ddeiliaid cartrefi, fe ddywedodd cyfarwyddwr gweithrediadau Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Peter Perry, “Bob tro mae tymereddau’n gostwng islaw’r rhewbwynt, ‘rydym yn cael galwadau oddi wrth gwsmeriaid sy’n dweud nad oes ganddynt ddŵr oherwydd pibellau wedi rhewi ac wedi rhwygo. Nid ydym yn gallu helpu pan fo’r broblem hon ar systemau plymwaith preifat, ac felly ‘rydym yn annog pobl i weithredu yn awr ac arbed eu hunain rhag trallod pibellau wedi rhewi.
Mae yna ddigonedd o wybodaeth am beth sydd ei angen, yn ogystal â ffilm esboniadol, ar wefan Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water yn www.dwrcymru.com .”
Y prif gynghorion mae’r cwmni’u cynnig i gwsmeriaid yw:
- Insiwleiddiwch bibellau dŵr agored ac allanol gyda deunydd lagio pibellau, yn cynnwys tapiau gerddi.
- Gwnewch yn sicr eich bod yn gwybod lle mae’ch tap cau wedi’i leoli. Mae o yn aml o dan sinc y gegin. Edrychwch i weld a ydi o’n gweithio ac y gallwch chi’i gau o mewn argyfwng. Os oes yna unrhyw dapiau yn y tŷ yn gollwng, sicrhewch eu bod yn cael eu trwsio. Mae’n haws i dapiau sy’n diferu rewi ynghynt.
- Fe allwch hefyd insiwleiddio’ch tanc dŵr yn y llofft ac unrhyw bibellau agored. Hyd yn oed os oes yn rhaid ichi alw am weithiwr proffesiynol i wneud y gwaith insiwleiddio, fe allai ddal i fod yn llawer rhatach na chlirio’r llanastr ar ôl i bibell rwygo.
“Cofiwch, os gwelwch yn dda, nad yw lapio’n glyd a chadw’n gynnes yn ystod tywydd oer ond yn berthnasol i bobl yn unig; mae o beth mae ar eich tŷ’i angen, hefyd,” meddai Mr Perry gan ychwanegu.
Ac mae Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water hefyd yn rhybuddio pobl sy’n ymweld â chronfeydd dŵr am y peryglon o fentro ar rew sy’n gorchuddio’r dŵr a allai brofi’n angheuol. Mae’r cwmni’n annog y cyhoedd i gadw draw oddi wrth gronfeydd dŵr wedi rhewi.
Meddai Peter Perry gan barhau, “Mae arnom eisiau i’r cyhoedd fwynhau cyfleoedd i hamddena ar dir o amgylch ein cronfeydd dŵr drwy’r holl adeg o’r flwyddyn, ond mae’n rhaid inni hefyd atgoffa pobl o’r perygl difrifol o gamu ar arwynebau wedi rhewi. Fe all y rhew edrych yn ddeniadol, ond fe allech yn hawdd syrthio drwodd i mewn i’r dŵr rhewllyd isod.
“Nid yn unig mae tymheredd dŵr sy’n isel iawn yn eithriadol o beryglus i unrhyw un sy’n syrthio i mewn oherwydd hypothermia, mae o hefyd yn gwneud achubiaeth yn anodd iawn. Mae’r rhan fwyaf o’n cronfeydd dŵr mewn lleoliadau anghysbell, ac fe fyddai galw am gymorth yn anodd. Maent hefyd yn ddwfn iawn, gyda dyfnderau o hyd at 80 metr. Efallai na fydd yna signal ffôn symudol, gan atal eraill rhag galw am gymorth, a hyd yn oed pe gallent, fe fyddai’n rhaid i’r gwasanaethau brys deithio pellteroedd sylweddol. Felly, ein neges i bobl yw: peidiwch â pheryglu’ch bywyd ar rew cronfeydd dŵr.”
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Saith Seren Opens
Wrexham’s new cultural centre ‘Saith Seren’ has opened it’s doors.
Visit the website to find out more about the centre – here
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‘A Welsh welcome is hard to beat’, says Welsh Secretary
The Secretary of State for Wales has offered her congratulations to owners of the Wrexham-based pub The Bridge End Inn, who have scooped the title ‘CAMRA Pub of the Year’ after just two and a half years of being open.
The Ruabon Bridge End Inn is run by Landlord Peter McGivern and his son Matthew, who brews the beer in the pub’s micro-brewery. They were recognised as ‘outstanding’ in a number of key categories: atmosphere, decor, service, value, customer mix, warm welcome, and excellent beer. The pub, which is the first Welsh pub to win the title, receives its winners’ plaque from CAMRA today.
Other establishments in Wales were also recognised in the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub 2012 awards, including The Hardwick, near Abergavenny, and the Felin Fach Griffin, near Brecon. On Wednesday, several Welsh MPs noted the importance of the role of food and drink in their constituencies at the Welsh Grand Committee on Agriculture with Minister, Jim Paice.
The Welsh Secretary said: “This string of awards for high-quality food and drink establishments proves that a Welsh welcome is hard to beat. We have world-class eateries, pubs and tourism attractions in Wales and the increasing domestic and international attention they are gathering is well-deserved.
“I offer my full congratulations to Peter and Matthew McGivern as well as The Felin Fach and The Hardwick, who are putting Wales on the map for food and drink lovers – long may they continue!’
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Want to have your voice heard in local politics?
Wrexham Council is holding an open evening for residents who are considering standing in next year’s local elections.
Candidates for election often understand the broader local government picture but realise they have underestimated the practicalities of being a councillor and how local councils are structured once they are elected.
The open evening will be an opportunity to gain an understanding of what is expected of a local councillor and how the local authority works and its community responsibilities. It will also focus on the election process and the needs of a newly elected councillor.
Trevor Coxon, Head of Corporate and Customer Services, said:
“This is the first time such an event has been arranged in Wrexham and we hope it will prove very successful. Once elected councillors have a huge responsibility to the both electorate of the community they represent and the wider community of Wrexham. In Wrexham we want to encourage residents to take up the challenges and opportunities of local government but we want to see them well prepared from the start of their period of office for the many demands that will be made on them.”
The event takes place on Monday 23 January between 6.00 and 8.00 pm. It will begin with presentations about the council and the challenges it currently faces, it’s corporate priorities and links with other authorities and organisations and the role of elected representatives in these initiatives.
Officers will be on hand to answer any individual questions and to give an insight into their particular departments. There will be information on the WLGA’s revised candidates guide, working in individual wards, the amount and variety of meetings scheduled throughout the year, working with the media, the training available, particularly to new councillors, and the type of support a local councillor can expect.
Anyone interested in attending should contact Peter Mullen, 01978 292235 or just turn up on the evening of the 23rd.
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Getting you home safely this season
(Cymraeg)
With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, Traveline Cymru are striving to keep travellers safe through the festive season, with their new ‘Travel Safe’ web page.
The page is designed to ensure travellers get home safely after an evening out. It gives plenty of up to date information on all methods of travelling and depending on your choice of travel the safest option is advised.
The ‘Travel Safe’ page is also packed with details on how to access public transport information on the website, via text message or through a range of mobile phone applications.
A Traveline.txt service ensures you don’t get stuck at the bus stop in the cold with a free text message giving you the times of the next 4 buses at your stop. If those buses are not available due to the holiday season then you will receive a text with the phone number of a local taxi firm.
Jo Foxall, Marketing Manager at Traveline Cymru said, ‘there are plenty of ways to travel this season and the ‘Travel Safe’ webpage highlights the best and safest options. We have taken in to consideration everyone’s different needs when travelling by public transport, car sharing, walking, taxi services and even some new innovative ways of travelling.’
The web page will run throughout the festive season and is just one of many dedicated pages designed to help travellers. Online information about Christmas service changes and Snow developments will also be available.
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Wales offers further support to women with PIP implants
All women in Wales who are assessed clinically as needing Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) breast implants removed will be offered replacement implants on the NHS, regardless of whether they received the initial implant privately or from the NHS.
The NHS will require evidence that women who were originally treated privately have sought redress from their private provider, evidence that the woman is a Welsh resident and registered with a Welsh GP, and a clinical assessment of their case.
The offer is an extension to the announcement made last week (6 January), which offered NHS removal and replacement of implants to NHS patients deemed in clinical need, and removal only for women who were treated privately. Now, women who were originally treated privately who find their private clinic no longer exists or refuses to care for the patient, will also be eligible for replacement on the NHS.
It is not known how many women in Wales are affected, although all indications are that it is relatively low. Work is underway to establish the likely number.
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said: “We announced last week that the NHS in Wales will remove PIP implants if, informed by an assessment of clinical need, a woman with her doctor decides that it is right to do so.
“We said then that we would replace implants which were put in by the NHS, and today we are going one step further by announcing we will also replace those which were put in privately.
“Removing the implants and not replacing them could result in unsightly scarring, loose skin, and potentially the accumulation of fluids, need for drainage, and risk of infection. Putting women through two separate operations also increases unnecessarily the risk of complication.
“However, I must stress that safeguards will be put in place to hold the private sector to account and ensure that everything possible is done to seek redress from private providers before the NHS steps in.”
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Stay safe in the winter weather
Here are some useful links for weather alerts and travel updates
over the winter months
WCBC Weather Warnings (including bin collections, gritting routes, snow clearing, vulnerable people and other useful external links)
Texting the studio
Text messages are charged at your standard network rate – please ask bill payers permission.
Texts which do not start with ‘calon’ will not reach the studio but will still be charged
Codir pris cyfradd rhwydwaith safonol am neges testun –gofynnwch caniatâd talwr y bil os gwelwch yn dda.
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